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Company pitches pyrolysis biorefinery on DHHL land; beneficiaries and commissioners press for more study
Summary
Genesis Oahu presented an informational plan to build a pyrolysis-to-renewable-diesel facility on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands property in Kapolei, claiming large fuel output and job creation; commissioners and multiple public speakers raised questions about permits, truck traffic, community consultation and environmental risk.
Antonia Aalto, a Genesis Oahu representative, told the Hawaiian Homes Commission on March 17 that the company wants to build “a pyrolysis biophano refinery on DHHL land to turn 1,300 tons a day of waste into 22,000,000 gallons a year of renewable diesel.” The presentation, introduced by Frank Hall of DHHL’s land-management division, described the project as an enclosed, near-zero-emission facility backed by more than $300 million in financing and a technology partner with operational experience.
Why it matters: The project would place a large waste-processing and fuel-production facility on Hawaiian Home Lands in the Kapolei/Honoʻuliʻuli area, a location commissioners said must be evaluated for traffic, neighboring industrial and residential projects, beneficiary consultation and long-term trust obligations.
In the presentation, Genesis said the plant would create…
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